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AngieM
AngieM

Reputation: 745

Configure routes for MVC and API in same project

I just merged an existing API project into another existing MVC project. The API controllers have the same name as the MVC controllers but they're in 2 different namespaces (MyApp.Web.MyController and MyApp.API.MyController, respectively).

Now, I don't really know how to configure the routes so that I can access the API controllers :(

I read this post : Mixing Web Api and ASP.Net MVC Pages in One Project and would like the achieve what @Mike Wasson suggested there, but I don't know how to configure the routes.

This is what I currently have in RouteConfig.cs:

public class RouteConfig
{
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id =  UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2092

Answers (1)

Peter Lea
Peter Lea

Reputation: 1751

It looks like you already have it working, but should you ever wish to use your API controllers in an area, you can enable it simply by adding an additional route.

public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultAreaApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{area}/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );

        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}


// Application_Start

GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

Upvotes: 2

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